Total War: Shogun 2

[Drakken]

Played some. When I got too big suddenly BAM all the squabbling clans united against me overnight and declared war. Except my closest and oldest allies who took a year to turn on me. Didn't seem very realistic...

Ah, the Realm Divide event...

Go play the DarthMod version, it's toned down to more manageable levels.

[The Brain]

I played until victory and continued until I controlled all provinces. The other daimyos' piecemeal WW1 style assaults on Kyoto were heroic but somewhat stupid.

The most fun was playing around with gunpowder toys in the later battles.